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6Maritime Reporter & Engineering News EDITORS NOTEIn my nearly 20 years serving as editor of Maritime Reporter & EngineeringNews I have been afforded a wealth of opportunities and experiences, but the pinnacle surely has been access and a pair of meetings, last summer and lastmonth, with the head of the U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval OperationsAdmiral Gary Roughead. Admiral Roughead (pictured below), was in Newport, RI last month to accept the Seamaster Award of 2011 , the highest honored bestowed an- nually by MR sister-publication Marine Technology Reporter . In spending timewith the Admiral and his staff, both last month and a meeting at his residence in Washington, D.C. last summer, Ive walked away with a unique insight on the man and his mission; and just as importantly an inclusive picture of how the Navy is scouting, adopting and integrating leading edge technology in building its force of the future. This being our Annual World Yearbook, I thought it fitting to share this via a feature on Admiral Roughead, starting on page 52.When I look back at the first Maritime ReporterYearbook? I had a hand in creating in 1992, and compare each edition along the way, the end product is significantly changed over the years. Then ? with the internet in its infancy and not widely in use ? you would open the magazine to find page after page of tables, data and statistics; information that today is available with a keyword search and a click. Today we deliver in- sightful overviews of key markets and the forces that move them, providing information and analysis that is designed to help you steer your businesses to a profitable path in the year(s) to come This June 2011edition will forever hold special meaning to me for an entirely different reason, as it is the home for our first Don Sutherland? Photo Contest, so named in memory of the man who for more than 10years filled our pages and those of sister-publication MarineNews with his unique prose and hundreds of in-delible images. Don Sutherland was a superb photographer, a colleague, a friend and a sounding board, and more importantly a passionate proponent of all things maritime, particularly the people who dutifully define this market. The end result of our first-ever photo contest far exceeded our wildest expectation, as we drew nearly 1,700 im- ages from more than 20 nations. On the cover is the Grand Prize winning photo, an incredible shot of the Sunda Kelapa Old Harbor in Jakarta, Indonesia , submitted by BudiPrakasa of Jakarta. The image is notable not only for its qual- ity, but for tying together the many facets of maritime, from the modern ship to the upper left to the locals boats in the cen- ter and the old ship to the right. Starting on page 44 is a stellarcollection of images that represent a unique perspective on ? and from ? the global maritime community. Founder: John J. OMalley 1905 - 1980 Charles P. OMalley 1928 - 2000 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published monthly by Maritime Activ- ity Reports, Inc. Mailed at Periodicals Postage Rates at New York, NY 10199 and additional mailing offices. Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliverable maga- zines to Maritime Reporter/Engineering News, 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010. Publishers are not responsible for the safekeeping or return of editorial material. ©2011 Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. 118 East 25th Street, New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 477-6700; fax: (212) 254-6271ISSN-0025-3448USPS-016-750No. 6Vol. 73 MemberBusiness Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc.www.marinelink.com MARITIMEREPORTER ANDENGINEERING NEWSAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of the publishers.ON THE COVERPictured on this months cover is Grand Prize Winner of the inaugural Don Sutherland Photo Contest. The image, take by Budi Prakasa of Jakarta, Indonesia, was taken by at Sunda Kelapa Old Harbor of Jakarta, Indone- sia, in January 2009. See the other category winners with coverage starting on page 44. .Gregory R. Trauthwein, Editor & Associate Publisher [email protected] Admiral Gary Roughead in Newport, RI, May 17, 2011, to accept his Seamaster of 2011?award from MR sister-publication Marine Technology Reporter.